Americana Insights 2024 / Edited by Lisa Minardi.

Title:

Americana Insights 2024 / Edited by Lisa Minardi.

Author:

Americana Insights

Call Number:

745 M6634

Edition:

2024 Edition.

Publication Information:

Philadelphia, PA : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024.

Physical Description:

273 Pages : Illustrations in color ; 29 cm.

Description:

Americana Insights 2024 is the second volume of an annual series that presents the latest research and discoveries on traditional American folk art and material culture. This installment explores a diverse range of craftspeople and artifacts, treating readers to a journey from Appalachia to the mid-Atlantic and New England, and even onto the Atlantic Ocean. Each essay offers a fresh perspective on American creativity and ingenuity, introducing readers to the makers and materials of early America. This remains the only interdisciplinary publication devoted exclusively to traditional Americana and folk art. Contributors cover a range of topics including historic Cherokee river cane basket weaving traditions, New England folk artists Sturtevant J. Hamblin, the almshouse paintings of German immigrant Charles Hofmann, and the display of American antiques of mid-twentieth-century ocean liners. Additional subjects include Pennsylvania German fraktur, carousel carving, carriage sighs, quilts, and game boards.

Language:

English.

Subjects:

Material Culture., Folk Art., Art objects, American.

People:

Hofmann, Charles C., 1821-1882.

Organizations:

Americana Insights

Terms of Use:

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Credit Line:

Gift; 2024;